The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-08 00:00:00

item - several - qUaTICTS, Can voia.:l2 for thelmth -Of a militia-, the should almost be in dined .to believe those two reCciived from Sweden,: • orating, that a R uis i an al-My has entered •Swedish "Fintind776-cr that a small division of English -oi• rather Hanoverian" - soldiers was landed at Gottenli burgh. On the :13th instant, a Courier from otifCt 1 1 . 04‘xn (our Envoy -at the Court , of Sweden), crosied the•Sound, - and the reports respeeting land have since'gaind strength. •- • • _ , It is ev en add e d, th at a great num b er . of Swe dish troop are sent with great speed by waggons -tt ) Finland. 'At.Elsineur it was believed, that two •Ships of the Line and thirty-one Transports had` arrived at Gottenburgh with 3000 Hanoverians, and more were expeeted to follow; ' It Must soon appear, whether these accounts are true, and what part our Court will take in thoe cireumstances.— . Theexchange of Couriers continues very brisk. The Queen of PRUSSIA is lying-in gt . Konigs 7 :burgh.- • • AUGUR/1194r, FEB. 17.—A1l cord Ons of Austrig • troops are diswlved, except those on the frontiee.c t f Turkey and the coast of the Adriatic. Count STADION, the Austrian Minister of Foieigh Relations, has very frequent conferences with " the French :Ind Russian Nlinkiers, which are supposed to relate to the measures which Ausiria shall take With England. • •• • , - FOREIGN INTELLIGEKCE. Id Vow...* HAMMIRGH AND AtitoNA PAPERS. • NAPLES, Fah. t.--=Our town Ana been 'thrown into the utmost 'consternation by a dreadful cataa troPhe in the night between the 29th and 30th •January ; a wing of the palace o f M. S ALLI t ET , T , Ministe r of War and Police, tumbled down through the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder. The room where the 'Minister. was has ben preserved • undamaged by a 'kind of miracle, but he was wound ed while hastening to. :relieve his daughter, the Duchess LAVALLA, who was found with her husband atnidit the ruins. She is severely wounded, but l 'apPes are entertainedi .that the consequences +)t - • that , accident will prove less dangerous than was at first, supposed. A servant lost his life on the occasion. loeuiries are dready, set on foot to discover - the outliers of that horrid deed. The Apothecary of the late Queen, who was implicated in. the late con &piracy, and rece i ve d the King's pardon, has been arrested ; this man has a shop , near the palace of SALLICETf, and strong 'suspicions are entertain ed of his having'colletted a li•rze• quantity of gute-' , • Powder iii the cellars, which were separated from those of M. SaLeievrtMerelk by a partition wail. ' The buildiug which c onta i ne d t h e ditY ereut W ar Ottices,has been rendered uninhabitable by the ex plosion.—(f.iamb. Curre,,pond. Feb. 23.) 'VENJC,E, Fels. G.—The Russian Fleet, which has been eipeaed here for several weeks, arrived this .th . orning before-the city. Of the s mall er Ship s et.!!'t ur nine are to winter. here, but, the three Sail ot It and two Frigates are, we understand, to ,• 'Proceed'. , ) Curt() Re, on the coast of Hungary, and remain there till the fine' seas.on shall set in. In the • -port of Trieste the Russian Fleet -Would not have been. perfealy 'safe from an attack of the English'. Several American merchantinen,••which escaped the vigilance of the English'cruizers, have lately ar- V4O at ..Lrgivra, 'Porto-Ferrajo, and Marseilles. • Ilome, JAN. corps of French troops is • Defy marehieg • from Etruria ,to' the Ecclesiastical , under' the orders of•Qen. Mfor.Lis. Various re 'PertY are afloat on the probable cte,tivation of that ec z - Pi, but they are alyetionnded onmere surmises. t;asser.; FEB.. IS.-- , The Westphalian Noiziteur contain s the folloWing article. , • - `` The' introduellen of any kind of. English corn . - I t t e dities is . n o w forbidd e n throUghout the Whole '(inguoin, ;111c1 411 public otticers.are. to 'make the ut,- 14,',"4t exerti on to carr y t h e er d er• i nto comp l ete e tf e a. 11 -1- 1 0 e Prete& of' the Department of, the Werra, has ~,r e adY given a pro - of of his a;:tivity in this respeet, i tich has received the approbation Of his Majesty. On the Ist inst,sever.il balesofEnglish rnerehan, kc;!tte evert seized al . Narbourgh;' whiCh were imrrae -1)44101y publicly- burnt, according to ,the . Royal ct a i n eo'• The English may therefine continue to nc 1, ululate- their commodities in the 'warehouses, .and lament the loss of them, but they *ill find that' ~.'n.gng the French and their Allies there is industry , 'arleient to supply all the wants of the Continent, ve 4 that every p recaut i on i s v i g il ant ly t a k en 19 pre . ht the treacherohs inirodu6tion-of -the commodi ties oftheit enemies.- 0 YAL DECREE •or TnE STH Or FEEELYAEY, 'lBOB, RY WHICH IT IS OH) RED THAT THE ENGLISH -- „ EiIe "NDIZE FOLYN - D. AT' MABBOLIRGH. SHALL b PUBLICLY BLIINT. 117 J e ERGNIE NAPOI EOV 011 the report of our Minister • •• . ' • - . tcrier, • cat Justice and Affairs of, the ti 4V.LI-)ecreed and. do Decree, as follows :••—• der of :v. I. he_ English commodities,. which, by or th - n Prefectt he D • t '' l" he' Werra were seized D e , _ , , ° II the lst inst. at Mathouri.;ii, and which • 1 ‘ b e en astertaineti to be English tui,nufaclure , by th e j; tr chauts and Assessors' of the DePhtfion of h e e tn a,lelice" appointed make the inquiry, and ‘ by printed notices of the Commercial House Of. wit vUe4xctt and CO: at" Wet7.l.ir, shall be forth byrnt in the p f Our Mi n t stet public. places at Marhourgh. of Justice and 'the Affairs O • dle li tterloy.. Coniumisioned• to cagy into.c.lcOcu i the present-Detre e - Which albeit be inserted in ~ Bulletin cu Laws: m in I Givc , ••• dur Royal Palace at :Cassel, the Sth• of 1808, and in the second year of cur TeigH.. •••••••....6 Co t ) tN/TAGIIN Fes. t 6.—A Courier, sent by the : t: 111 h Enyoy at the Court of Stockholm, Count 4°L'rite, a rr i ve d on t h e 13th i nst. at 4lsioeur in, t er which the report o f the entrance of the Russians `? Swedish Finland gathered new strength. It WAIS likewite re p o rt e d at psinetir that a ecr i -. i t1 " 41 )1e numb er o f S we d is h troops had been set) a the greatest haste in carriages for that country. un the Rh inst. there was a report at Elsineur ri t !. t ,, 3o Qo then of the llanoverian Legion had - ar- . vc, '" 4, at Gottenburgh in 31 Transports, under con illoYrt. of Frigate and two. Ships of the Line, and that troops were expe&ed c 1.? %/T. PETIIIiSEURGH, FEB. 3.—The following ;s an tot It Lettr from Moscow, dated Jan. 20:-. 7 (:;tr ~Uttttt 7 ALEXIS Ontow, who- formeqy .burnt ,the u s*lait Vice( at tikes . mai, died hire last week's. on eightyyears of age, who had once sat - ed the iife ot. the Count, and who had lived with hitil thirty In4lie same house, on' a pension which the CoL:ii iillaW . da'hini,caMe into the hall where the of 'the:Chi:int lay. He wore his uniform, his'i:c ill6dalst's and assisted in takit`ig the coffin down stAirs, ;though dissuaded from attempting it ou ac"ount tis l great age. 'Wfien the coffin was.put into the hearse, he' again with tears in his'eyes took leave of his deceased master, declaring that lie had never sup posed that he should have survived him. So great was his - agitation that he fell motionless, and died in a feW , miudt'es. • . AterreanAsr, Yee. firs,;The Royal Gazolte con tains-the following article -• • ''Whert we , read with attention the English Papers we , clearly perceive, that the English Minsters, not‘vithstaeding , their 'confidence- and , apOrent tranquillity, tremble when they think of , theseesequences with which they are threaten . ed:lly - the plans and the` power of France. — They. firmly believe that a plan is formed for ilie . ,conquest of the English possessions in -In ilia, and, what is More, they believe in the possibi lity of its execution—Not only they believe, but they begin to perceive, to their shame and humilia' lion, that the exclusion of Great Britain from a great part of the Continent of Europe, at which they at first laiaghed, begins to be a&ually effected— They see nations whose particular interests made them . hope that they would not break their conne6lions with England,. geutrously sacri fices he interest of the • moment to join in the corn • , mon cause, in order to obtain solid and durable ad vantages. , They see wretched Privateers, on which the proud English Navy looks down with contempt from the height of its greatness, disturb and destroy the British commerce, and even gain vicluries over English Ships of War. This has lately happen ed in the West Indies to the English Brig Happy, which, besides wounded, lost her Captain and thirty two men,, in • an :engagement with a French Pri vateer, which came out of the battle safe and uncle , magcd. In a word, they see all the forces of Eu nipe, and even. of the other' parts of the world, : ready to turn against them ; and, notwithstanding national pride, they know but too well that England alone, and abandoned to herself, hiving against her all the world, must infallibly fall in this contest.". HAMELN, FEB. B.—The carelessness of some Artillery-then employed in - emptying bombs and shells, occasioned d most -fatal ',accident yesterday, between a and g O'clock in the morning, the powder took ,fire (in what manner is not known) in a bar rack where the'soldiers were assembled, and 'occa ,aiened an explosiop, which cost nine of them - their lives. The Officer, who surseys the wOrkS had, fel tunately for himself, left the barrack but a few rllO - before, with two Artillery-men, to provi the implements necessary for this work. IstseoN, JAN. t a.—On the t4th hist. 'Admiral SINIAVIN gave a brilliant fete on board his Ship ; the Staff Officers, and agrdat number of Portuguese of the iirst distinetion were present ; the General in Chief Jinso-r, is to give a ball, within a few drys, to. the Admiral and the Officers elhis,Siptadron. VIENNA, FEB. 6.---The 'news front Turkey is warlike;, two armies are assembling, consisting of 150 ; 000 men each, •for the purpose of being pre pared on all points ; and the fleet is nbundantly pro • visioned. The Porte semis inclined to the side of England, and it is feared that tlso English 'may oc• copy Egypt and. the Alora With the consentiof his Highness. - • ' . BA N'FIS OP THE MAIN G, Fret. e.- 7 -It is said that Prussia - svishecto - accede to tee' confederation of the Rhine. The instliveions of Prince “ILNRY of Pius sia relate to this object. It appears certaie, - according to the last Letters from Paris, - that the country . of Harlan will be the, 'portion of the Prinee Pritnate, and that that Save. !reign will cede, in eichaege, the town of Ratisbon. • KoNzes BERG, FEB. 2'.—yesterday evening, at half past teti b'cleck, leer ISiajesty the Queen of Prussia was safelY delivered of a . Princess; public prayers were ordered to be made in all the churches on ac. casion of this happy event. Ainong - the number of Officers who have soli cited and obtained their resigoation, it is said, his Majesty has. been pleaSed to include the Duke of - Babstswies.Oct,s, who has likewise solicited, his. • STRASIIVII(M, Fua. 4.— s We learn, that in con :•,cenence of the adherence of Austria to the Conti neetal sysfien, ail the EtigliSh will be ,oxpelled the Attatrian State - S - . , Colonial produce has risen here in price, a necessary etTed of preference they en joy in all themarkets of the Continent. . COPENHAGEN, FEB. 1 to a notice piablished by the Board of Quarantine, the yellow tever has broke out in thecity of Charlestown, ,in .North -America. • LUBEC, FRB. ts.:—We this inorning received in telligence from iliga, per estafe.te, that Russia had declared War agatnht Sweden, MAILS. AKA! v zu-1 11111,—,2 Gottenburgh, 2 Dublin, W.iterloid. .1 1 111 CL: t)V sx()cKs THIS DAY AT TWLLV IL O'CLOCK. . - ---- . 631/ TO CORRESPONDENTS. artt . obliged to defer ti l eori g ;alai totter from Mr. CAR. A.tcK till To-riturruw. • T S ET N. eOLZM QUIZ Dicritt PALSUM AUIIILAT? L 0 ND 0 IV, TUI+SU IY, MARCU 8, 1808. LAST night we 'received Paris and Dutch . Papers, the former to the thult., and the latter to the Ist Inst.m fro which we have translated some interesting articles. Our Readers will also find some farther extraas from the Hamburg! and Altana Paperr, which 'arrived yesterday. It appears - evident that ljtiortAgAttvt is 6eriomly determined upon mak ing: an attack. upon Sicily, and there can be iitt littt ,doubt that the Rochefort Squadron wai op/el ed it)to the Mediterranean for the per- pose o co-cpera' c(pant which reached us sokne days ago, of the Einliz : irgo: being taken oft American Vessels in •the Ifi;•noh Ports, appears to be true ; the Embargo at first general, but it was afterwrds limited to Ships belonging to the Alli6T of France,' in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the English ; of course, theretbre, the ,American Ves sels were no longer restticled. There are some strange rtlmours on the Continent, to which, ac customed .as we are to the. dlily Occurrence of the most extraordinary events, ere not. dis posed to give much credit. One of them is, that a sudden coolneis has taken place between France, .Austria, and Russia, and..eVen that hosti lities were likely to take place. .Another report.; and it certainly is not so improbable as the former, is, that the GRAND SIGNIOR, at length convinced of the designs of France. and Russia against his dcirni , nicais, is anxious for the - restoration of Peace with Great Britain. It 118 been mentioned as a subjea of regret that the Rozliefort Squadron -.had .got so far the start of Sic RICHARD STRACHAN as it ,appears . they had done. UndOubtedly we should haVe rejoiced .if the . oallant AdMiral had been able to overtake them, but as that was not the case, we shall not be sorry to hear that they had time enough . to release -the Toulon Squadron, and that they had proceeded to Sicily, because we have strong reasons to lielieve that both Lord COLLINCWOOD and Admiral 'num . :v.. BROUGH were cruizing off that Island, and would there can be no doubt, give a very sntisfadory account of the Combined Squadrons. Our Le%a l force i 9 the Medittrranean is more thin suffi cient to crush the Combined Force of France and Spain in that Sea. As to the Russian Fleet in Trieste, it is in such a condition, that it will not probably venture to sea again during ;the 'War, and the Turkish Fleet is up.. We are, there fore, we think, warranted in entertaining un- . guine hopes that we shall soon receive the most saiisfastory intelligence from that quarter. It VeQuld afford us the most sincere pleasure dui() could confirm the rumour mentioned in a Papei of this morning, of the safety.of the ../ilenheirn an ihe Java. We knOw not upon what authOrity this report is founded—certainly no intelligence has'been re cently received from India, nor can, we fear, any rational doubt be entertained of the loss of those vessels. The story of the tOdo Boats, which Were said to hake: proceeded from trig Ports of Holland with Troops on , board, took its rise from the Decree lately issued by King -Lours, that no fiSking boat' should put to sea without a s,)l.lier on board, tQ take care that no communication should be carried on with the. British Cruizers, 'One, of these Boats,' with one soldier on board, was brOught into Yar . mouth a day or two_ago. 'The Russian-Frigate which has been taken in the Mediterranean;"was taken, we , understand, at Pa lermo. She had put into that Port,' ignorant of the War, and was immediately required by the com manding Officers of the British force to strike. This order'she'obeyed, but struck to the Sicilian flag, and not to the British. . NoTwmisTANDING all that we have said in de fence of:the Danish Expedition, a measure, indeed, so fully vindicated by its evident necessity, we deem it our duty to call the attention of our 4eaders very : particularly to the State Papers presented last night to Old' House of Commons ; because they preve, be yund a,doutat, what we have repeatedly asserted, viz. ,that under the late Administration the very same measures were to be pursued, in case Of necessity, .with Portugal, that have aanally been ad o p te d w i t h res Pea to Denmark. The Into Ministers, there fOre, in condemning the Danish Expedition, are, in 7 effea, only condemning themselves. We before observed, and we. keg leave to repeat the observation, that if . the present Ministers had negle6led to Pur.;. sue, the measure against Denmark, and conseenently had left her Navy to the disposal of France, the present Leaders of apposition would have been as bitter in -reproaching them for the omission, as they are niSV.O lot . the adoption of that measure, and would have resorted to the instructions given in 11406 relative to Portugal as a proof of their own superior vigilance, sagaciiy, and patriotism. Letters . were receivei yesterday from St. Do mingo'.doWti to the 'middle - of December. There bethi much severe fighting betwem the forces of Plittoic at - A . ola ISTOPHE.—We are not yet in possession of the detail of the various coniliOs which have taken place, but 'We Understand they have ter minated< generally in favOur of the former. If the high' talents of Mr. CANNING were not well known to the public, the unceasing attacks upon liiy charaaer by . the Opposition Writers.would be a StOcient'attestatiiin of his merits. The remark of thoNli 'often quoted, was never. more ap plicable' than on this occision . :—" You may know a eleVerlfello•A'," says the shrewd Dean, " by the number of ti'‘lckitcadi that abuse him.", I'4 VtiL • EV W POP T 5 I'4 Fr, Clf ; -Yest crAny fttved' the .E )11m jlli e, 1.1:P,1, 0 uri'lll.;,: - nt l . rc ; the 'riven Suir Jana, D.4:49.f.LE, from VaLnit,l ; B.RowN, frotrk St. Domitlo ; and Tre. l ,c, it teas Cittiss . (cur, Ctirraoa), , frotn Coo Sailed the Comet, .I\j‘DoNr L.D, With Treop3,..fo: Jamaica. The Ship Ellza, passed by 6714 Part last night, all well, on he' pa 6.1_ , ,t; from 21:ntel - datu to 11;IiimOre. Arrived this day the Thrasher G'un-brig, with' the Cape Sly, FULLERTO2 S 'George, IVlnTri ; Coud (1 Nene; Wl-IE-6'I.EY j ' and, Hover,, Lt s, for Gitiraltar; l.).urtoo late for the 'Mediterranean Convoy; they •• having*led yesterday.. s' DEAL, TrlAacn IViajeity's Ship Skylark and Furious ,Gun-brig from a -ctuiLe; and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per hit.. .. FALMOUTH, MATCH s,—Slllec.l the Cutter for the Downs, and, a et of Uoeiterii tor Wales. PORTUGAL By the American ship Unic•e, letters were ye4er-: day received in town from Lisbon to the 4th Feb. which contain. infOrmation.of much importance. •It appears by theta, that on the ead•'Deceinber last BUONAPARTE signed at 'Milan a Decree, Ur Mai* test°, by which he finally determined • the fate,uf Portugal.—,-Thii Decree wa•; not' p . romulgated at Ls- - bun until the Ist day of February. SUBSTANCE OF DECREE. It . declares the throne of Poitugal „abdicated bf the family of Bit Asmi . za,., whieli is 14CV.Qt more to • reign.; 'and that I.)ncethr.vird tlie kingdom of Por, tugal is to be united to and considered 'as part of the dominions of France. . • It recommends theCultivationoffriendship b'etween' • the troops of F d France and Pei ; to cethent which be promises that those of Portugal shall 4reatter be considered as sharers, and entitled to participate in the glory obtained bY the troops — of Franco in tLe • memorable battles of Marengo, Jena, Austcrli,z, It dissolves the Regency formed by tl)e Prince Re gent, the Men of which are placed in variol:s stations in the public departm,its„ and are, in tore;to aet under the controul of the French GO- • • vernment. • . , In the be:finning of the month of February,Su Noy, issued .in order for a further contribution On, the ": people of 40 millions of ertiSadoes (itoout 4.00,0001 sterling) to oe-pAid by three inSt.thnents, the nest , .i . -. Which was to be !Ad (m , the ) Out of Mafeh, the ii-•• . , • ', cond in May, atid the third in Junt.:. The Chiela of cities and towns to be allowed to tender the chinch- plate in part of payment Of such contributions, it being considered only ilo4:essary to retain in the .. churches such a quantity of plate as'bhotild be deem id sufficient for use in 'the oKlitiar,r p l erforrnauces of , . divine worship. . . The go oeis of British manufaaure, of ;thich i . e.. counts had hcen given in,'. Wer4 to ~ be sold by WI hQlders ; I.vh:), on effeeling the sales,, were to Fay ‘ . into the treasury ()tie third 'part of the ainottrit a . , such sales for the benefit Of the St dte , The Tax on Income, NA' L'i 1 iv 1S previously a i t.lo per cent: lis been augmented to ;;Q, a t t d i s to 1 1 ,.., pa id by the people in ewery Tart of tae dOZ . 1111)1011:3, eX"- Cepting tilfisti . obly who reskle in thoie toTns and • places tbOtigh which the troops of Frat“:e weie ne.:'• cessarilY obliged to march on the way to I,id.)ou, Such - are to be altogether exempt iron' this taX, in .consequence of the severity of theii: less6s on ithit 1 .occasion. Cillign AL WnyrzwocKE.- 7 —The evidence fcr the prosecutiOn dosed yesterday, iird the General is to enter on his defence on Monday next. The account which we copied from a D,loyning Paper; of tin, fruit-forcing of liaibnrgh, St. r,eter:S, „and Frontiniac grapes, in the hot-nonses Of. G. liaboku, Esq. of . FLiughton Half; Shro'shire, is, it seems, a silly hoax upon 'that Gentlenian, as lie has no 'such grapes.' Iflrpacl iernains at the satin price as 1:1“ week. t,esterday morning, .a . ,poor. woman, Mrs'. Saint, :den, of No. 8, Angel-Court, .Strand, was broivht to;bea of tided fine children,. two boys and a ghl: SINIMONA; Muantana.—This malefa6ter:was executed yesterday, pursuant to his sentence, at..half past eleven . o!clock in the forenoon ; betw.!est Hert ford and Ware. He behaved with film air of indif ference. which marked his mndtra during tie shook hands with three porsonsWho Heroin pan ied him to the scaffold; and whispered a few words 'tothe • gaoler before he WAS turned ''! . A fire broke out at a late hour last ni!tht, at the warehouse of'a Rocking-horse-maker,' in Clement's , lane, which entirely .CO/ISUllaVd the same-, together with the back premises, and diAeon‘iiderable darnage to the adjoining dwellings. Happily- no live S wcre, lost. , • • • yOung Lady‘, of the name of . ‘ SPTON R, tivtas burnt to death On Sunday,ovening, at the housed 'MrsSE`BTONii, leer aunt, on the Ham pstend 'Road. Oti Stinclay:uight, : she was sitting alone in a back ,par- ittinr, waiting for the arrival of a' lodgdr; and h was supposed that her dress had taken foe wheu she was dasetnir,.. A rtlelanchely accident happened on Son.liyaftor nonti oti the Thames, below W,m , iiwortli. young men who had gone up the River in t Sailing linat, were returning in the. evening, when, by the Unskilful managentent the boat was upset. ..Two - Pf. the parsons of the names of! White and Ro ca. , tltu loin* a lineh-draliq'S shopman, and the latter an apprentice to a druggist, xere unfortunately drown ed : the thirl person saved himself* svvitutn;ng, and he was Liken up by some bai - gcntea, when ot„ an exh9usted state. The bodies:tit the young Mt* have ilot yet been sound, Warranted,. Uadrawn.—The State tiottery began drawing'thiS'aibrstihg, argi *ill clo4e, Vol - this day, about thit4 in the aMerhoon. rioaNhl3l. anti acqnaint-th&Public that UndrawnTickets and Sh4res *ill he on Kale until Tuesday next, the Second Day of Dr„ming, a their Ottice4,.. 5/6,, Corubill, 646 Charing-cross, and St. Margaret's litit, Borough.